Thai Government May Face Collapse on Legal Challenge (Update1)
By Daniel Ten Kate and Rattaphol Onsanit
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — Thailand’s 10-month-old government may face collapse after prosecutors said they will seek to dissolve the ruling party for vote buying, and a deputy leader who r... Read more.
Written on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 | Posted in
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Thai Protest Leaders to Surrender as Demonstrations Strengthen
By Rattaphol Onsanit and Daniel Ten Kate
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — Six Thai anti-government protest leaders will surrender to police after a court dropped treason charges against them yesterday and released two fellow organizers on bai... Read more.
Written on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 | Posted in
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Thai protest leaders freed; vow to continue
Reuters
By Chalathip Thirasoonthrakul BANGKOK –– Leaders of a long-running protest in Thailand
were released on Friday after surrendering to police on charges of inciting unrest, leaving them free to continue their five-month campaign to unseat the gov... Read more.
Written on Monday, October 13th, 2008 | Posted in
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PAD leaders to turn themselves in today
Commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau Pol.Lt.Gen.Suchart Muenkaew (สุชาติ เหมือนแก้ว) discloses that seven leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) will turn themselves in to the police today at 10.00 am at t... Read more.
Written on Sunday, October 12th, 2008 | Posted in
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Thai protest leaders will surrender
By Ambika Ahuja, AP
BANGKOK, Thailand –– Leaders of Thailand’s anti government protests said Thursday they w
ill surrender to police after a court dropped treason charges against them, but vowed to continue their occupation of the prime minister’s office.
... Read more.
Written on Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Posted in
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Signs of compromise
Treason charges against PAD leaders dropped, seven still in PM’s compound to surrender
By Nirmal Ghosh, Thailand Correspondent
BANGKOK: A THAI court decided yesterday to drop charges of treason against nine leaders of the anti-government People’s Alliance for Democrac... Read more.
Written on Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Posted in
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Protest leaders granted bail
Senior People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leader and co-founder Sondhi Limthongkul is among the seven protest leaders who surrendered to the police on Friday. — PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
BANGKOK - SEVEN leaders of long-running anti-government protests in... Read more.
Written on Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Posted in
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PAD plans major march against Thai police
Veena Thoopkrajae
The Nation (Thailand)
Buoyed by return of key leader Chamlong Srimuang and a court injunction prohibiting more drastic measures against it by the government, the People’s Alliance for Democracy is stepping up a campaign against the po... Read more.
Written on Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Posted in
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Court drops treason charges against PAD leaders
PAD leaders will surrender to police to defend other charges : Sondhi
The Appeal Court on Thursday ruled in favour of leaders of People’s Alliance for Democracy by dropping treason charges against them.
The Court said the support evidence of the ... Read more.
Written on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | Posted in
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Truce talk cancelled : Chamlong
People’s Alliance for Democracy’s leader Chamlong Srimuang who was arrested on charges of treasons said the movement shall cancel any planned talk with the government.
“After his arrest he called us,” said Suriyasai Katasila, another PAD core m... Read more.
Written on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | Posted in
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